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MLC scoops three ex-AXA for retirement team

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Barnett. Barnett, who joined MLC in February 2011, established the MLC Retirement Solutions team when he started with a focus on growing products and services for the retirement sector.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... response should be limited until something really is going to be done," he told AAP. Australian markets on Monday will also focus on the contents of the government's mid-term economic review, when it will release plans to cut spending. Mr Spooner said ...

Equip/Vision launch new brand

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... said Danielle Press, chief executive of the merged fund. Press said the biggest challenge at this time was maintaining a focus on service delivery to members and employers under the existing brands amid the enthusiasm and changes required to support ...

MGD Wealth appoints Select to LDI portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... Wealth. The MGD Wealth Liability Driven Investing (LDI) portfolios, the LDI Connect 3 and LDI Connect 7, use strategies that focus on client specific portfolio liabilities rather than the traditional risk tolerance questionnaires. "We are very pleased ...

The Rock and MyState merger approved

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
The Rock Building Society potential merger with MyState Limited is one step closer after Rock shareholders vote heavily in favour of the move. If it goes ahead, it will create one of Australia's leading listed community-focused financial services groups ...

Affinity launches wholesale property fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Melbourne based boutique, Affinity Funds Management has launched a new fund to provide wholesale investors with access to residential property, the largest asset class in Australia. The Affinity Property Fund has been established to provide investors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... approach," referring to European leaders' stumbling efforts to find a resolution to the eurozone debt crisis. Traders say the focus will remain offshore on Friday. Wall Street was closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving public holiday. On Wednesday ...

SSgA: Minimise volatilty to protect vulnerable investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
State Street Global Advisers is urging super and multi-manager funds to consider minimising volatility strategies in their domestic equity portfolios, as events on the world stage continue to spook equity markets. "While equities are likely to present ...

ASIC cancels two financial services licences

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... been banned from providing financial services for five years. "The action to cancel FPIP's AFS licence is part of ASIC's focus to improve the standards of gatekeepers, specifically the obligations of financial services licensees to monitor authorised ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...